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Surname Peloza in modern Croatia
Peloza families are Croats and they are mostly from Opatija area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Opatija area. In Vele Mune in Opatija area every third inhabitant had the family name Peloza.
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Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Peloza live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Rijeka (35), Zagreb (15), Vele Mune in Opatija area (15), Pula (10), and in Lovran in Opatija area (<10).
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Outside Croatia
At least 24 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (10), France (5), Australia (5), Canada (2), Argentina (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Peloza is present in 7 countries on four continents. The family name "Peloza " is used by some 300 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Australia.
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Characteristic first names
Denis Peloza,
Emil Peloza,
Slavica Peloza,
Goran Peloza,
Danijel Peloza,
Irena Peloza,
Silvio Peloza,
Martina Peloza,
Luciano Peloza,
Aleksandar Peloza,
Silvana Peloza,
Branko Peloza,
Andrej Peloza,
Alen Peloza,
Vinko Peloza,
Vilim Peloza,
Marica Peloza,
Sonja Peloza,
Mario Peloza
